Marking device



E. STANZIALE MARKING DEVICE April 2, 1940.

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attomwn nipulating the marking mechanism, and to pro- Patented Apr.- 2, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MARKING DEVICE Enrico Stanziale, White Plains, N. Y. Application March 15, 1939, Serial No. 262,051

10 Claims.

,This. invention relates to an improvement in marking devices, particularly for-marking the length of. skirts, by means of which the correct length of a skirt may be indicated directly thereon preparatory to cutting or hemming, while the skirt is worn on the person.

The principal object of the invention is to improve the construction of the skirt marker to make it adaptable to various marking functions, to provide both inside andoutside marks on theskirt and its lining, respectively, if desired, to provide structure for carrying and mavide for the rotation of the marking unit or units about the person in applying the mark thereto.

A further object of the invention is to com- 1 bine with a marking device for indicating the length of the skirt, a waist line-measure and hip linemeasure so that these measurements may be obtained simultaneously in relation. to the desired length of the skirt, whereby a betterfitting garment may be produced.

Still another object of the invention is to provide forvariation of the'marking device which will enable it to be used eitherinside or outside of the skirt, or the marking unit may be removedtherefrom and set directly onthe floor, especially for marking the length of long evening dresses and which may be used either by a tailor or individuals. 1

Still another object of the invention is to improve the construction of the marking unit to pro vide for a discharge ofpowder over anextended line without waste of powder and with use of the minimum amount thereof.

In carrying out these objects, I have devised a marking device, a preferred embodiment of which, together with modifications thereof, is 11- lustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. l is a perspective viewof the complete marking device applied;

Fig. 2 is a partial vertical sectional view through the upper portion of one of the standards and through the waist line and hip measuring tapes, showing their supports;

I Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view through the rod guide and support on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view through the outside and inside marking units and their supports; v

Fig. 5 is a top plan view thereof with the supports in section;

6 is avertical sectional view through the lower portion of the marking device and through a standard;

Fig. '7 is a horizontal sectional view through the lower portion of the device, substantially on the'line '!.'I of Fig. 6, parts being in elevation;

Fig. 8 is a similar view substantially on the line 88 of Fig. 6; v

Fig. 9 is a side elevation of a modified form of marking device which omits base and turntable;

Fig. 10 is a similar view using only the outside marking device; and

Fig. 11 is a side elevation of the marking unit removed from the device and used for marking a long skirt.

The marking device shown in Figs. 1 to 8 is adapted for marking a skirt by units located on opposite sides thereof while units are rotated about the person. In this form of the invention, a base is designated generally by the numeral l,

carrying a post 2 which supports a platform 3.

The post 2 isscreW-threaded at its opposite ends into nuts 4 and 5 secured respectively to the base I and platform 3. The platform 3 is adapted to support the person thereon during the measuring operation.

Journaled within a collar 6 on the base I between said collar and a recess 1 in the undersideof the platform 3 is a sleeve 8 mounted for rotary movement about the post 2. The sleeve 8 has secured thereto and extending in opposite directions therefrom, guides 9 (Fig. 6), within which guides 9 are mounted slides ill in superposed relation as shown in Fig. 6 and extending outwardly inopposite directions from the guides.

These guides are slotted as at H, which slots rein the underside thereof to receive the corre'- sponding slide l0 frictionally sufficient to hold the casing l2 thereon for outward and inward movement with the slide. The platform 3' has a notch M in each opposite side thereof to receive the casing [2 to hold the casing in a set position" relative to the platform when it is desired for the person to rotate or turn about relative to the marking devices.

The casing l2 carries an upstanding projection lithereon telescopically receiving the lower end of astandard 16 which is supported on the easing it. The projection I5 is mounted on the casing for outward sliding movement to adjust ,the position of the marking unit relative thereto.

and

The upper end of the standard It receives a guide tube I! through which a rod |8 extends from a knob if: at the upper end of the guide tube IT.

The lower end of the rod l8 carries a plunger 26 bearing against a fluid pressure bulb or bellows 2| mounted in the casing I2. Thus when the rod I8 is moved up and down by means of the knob is, the pressure bulb 2| will be expanded and compressed, creating a pumping action therein for pumping air. The standard It is detachable from the projection l5 by endwise removal therefrom, whereby it may be readily removed from the casing l2 and the lower portion of the device. The rod I3 is also made in sections having detachable screw connections at 22 near the plunger 28 to permit of its disassembly and removal with the standard I6.

As shown in Fig. 1, the inner side of the standard i6 is provided with a linear scale 22, and a clamp 23 surrounds the standard I6 to be secured in the desired set position relative thereto as indicated by the scale 22. Supported by the clamp 23 at the inner side of the standard I6 is a marking unit 24 comprising an elongated arcuate tubular receptacle 25. (Figs. 4 and having one or more lengthwise extending slits 26 in the inner face thereof for discharging the marking material therefrom. Mounted within the receptacle 25 is a box 21 also having a slit 28 therein within the receptacle 25. The box 2'! is connected through a tube 25 with the bulb or bellows 2|.

In the form of the invention shown in Figs. 1 to 8, an inner marking unit 31'; is mounted directly opposite the outer marking unit 24 by a clamp 3| secured upon a post 32, also provided with alinear scale for adjustment of the height of the inner marking unit relative thereto. It will be apparent that the inner marking unit 30 may be in any desired position relative to the outer unit as for instance, spaced thereabove where it is desired to mark the lining of the skirt or dress, so that it may be cut shorter than the skirt material itself. The post 32 is supported in a socket 33 on the upper side of the casting l2.

The marking unit 30 also comprises an elongated receptacle, designated 36 containing a box 35, and both provided with slits 36 and 31 in the inner sides thereof, respectively, as shown in Fig. 3. The box 31 is connected through a tube 38 with the bulb or bellows 2| within the casing l2.

It will be apparent that the marking material such as powdered chalk or other pulverized substance may be placed within boxes 2! and 35 in the receptacles, which receptacles should be adjusted to the proper relative heights where it is desired to mark the skirt and its lining. Then with the person standing on the platform 3 with her skirt between the receptacles 24 and 30, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, 4 and 6, these receptacles may be turned about the person and at the same time the operator reciprocates the rods |8 up and down on opposite sides of the person, by which means he also rotates the marking units, and this creates a pumping action in the respective bulbs or bellows 2| at opposite sides of the device. This pumping action pumps air through the tubes 29 and 38 into the air boxes 21 and 35, which air is discharged through the respective slits thereof into the receptacles 25 and 34, thereby forcing out the marking material through the slits in the inner sides --of said receptacles and applying the desired: marking circumferentially to the skirt. The same action takes place on both sides of the device in the form shown in these figures.

Instead of or in addition to the marking by the powdered material as described, the ordinary chalk marking may be used with this device merely by securing a chalk holder 40 to the upper side of the marking unit 34, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The receptacle 25 is provided with a dove-tail groove 4| in the upper side thereof receiving a headed pin on the chalk holder 40 for slidably holding said chalk holder in place thereon or removal therefrom.

It will be apparent also that the marking units may be adjustable readily to accommodate a skirt of any desired size by lengthwise sliding movement of the slits l0, and when the receptacles |2 are adjusted into the notches I4, the marking units will be held thereby against turning movement, allowing the person to turn about the platform for self-marking of her own skirt when it is not convenient to have some one do the marking.

Where the inside marking unit is not required, it may be disconnected and rendered inoperative by a clamp 42 which will close the tube 38 leading to the inside marking unit, whereby the pumping action will not cause any discharge of marking material from the inner unit.

If it is not desired to use the duplex marking device shown in Figs. 1 to 8, one section only thereof may be used as shown in Fig. 9, where a casing I2 is used without the platform and base being readily detached from its supporting slide l0 and carrying its marking units as shown, being operated in the same manner described, except that the person will move about relative to the marking units and in this form the casing i 2 rests directily on the floor. If it is not desired to mark the inside of the skirt or its lining, only the outside marking unit may be necessary, in which event the single unit shown in Fig. 10 may be sufiicient.

A further modification is shown in Fig. l in which a marking unit 43 is used for marking the length of long evening dresses, or the like, which marking unit is similar to either of the units 24 and 30 described above, and is manipulated by air pressure through a tube 44 leading to a bulb or other source of air supply similar to that described. The marking unit 43 may be adjusted and moved about by a supporting stick 45 to which it is secured.

In addition to the marking of the skirt to indicate the desired length where it is to be cut off or hemmed, provision may be made in the one marking device for measuring the waist line and hip line which should be six inches, no more or no less, whereby proper correlation of these measurements may be obtained relative to the desired length. For this purpose, each standard |6 has an upstanding and inwardly directed bracket 5|, the lower portion of which is slidably received Within the standard for vertical adjustment relative thereto for support thereon as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Each bracket 5i has a tape measuring guide 53 therein through which a tape measure 5 may extend for measuring the hip line of the skirt, the brackets being adjusted to the proper height therefor. The upper end of each bracket 5| has a guide 54 to receive a waist line measure 55 to measure the waist line of the skirt.

I claim:

1. A marking device comprising a pair of opposed marking units having discharge openings skirt, means for mounting said marking units respectively on the post and standard for relative vertical adjustment, and means connecting said marking units with the pump for forcing marking material from the openings.

3. A marking device comprising a casing, an air pump mounted in the casing, a post supported on the casing, a standard supported on the casing in parallel spaced relation with the post, a pair of marking units having openings in facing sides thereof for discharging marking material respectively onto the inside and outside of a skirt,

means for mounting said marking units respectively on the post and standard for relative vertical adjustment, means connecting said marking units with the pump for forcing marking material from the openings, means mounting said standard on the casing for adjustment toward and from the post to vary the relative positions of the marking units, and means extending through the standard for actuating the pump.

i. In a marking device, the combination with means for marking the lower edge portion of a skirt, a standard associated with said marking means, a bracket adjustable longitudinally of the standard and having guides therein for receiving body encircling lines, said guides being arranged in vertically spaced relation in positions substantially corresponding with the hip line and waist line of a person.

5. In a marking device, the combination of a pair of standards, marking means associated with the standards for marking a skirt of a person standing therebetween, brackets carried by the respective standards and adjustable longitudinally thereof and guides on the brackets arranged in vertically spaced relation for receiving measuring lines to measure the hip line and waist line respectively of the person.

6. A marking device comprising a casing, a standard connected with the casing and extending upwardly therefrom, 'said casing forming a base for the standard and supporting the same thereon, a marking unit, means for supporting the marking unit on the standard above the casing for adjustment on said standard for up and down movement relative thereto and for bodily removal therefrom, an air pump in the casing, a flexible tube extending from said air pump to the marking unit for directing air thereto and discharging marking material therefrom, said marking unit being bodily removable from the standard for resting on the floor beside the casing tomark a garment. adjacent the floor and a plunger rod extending lengthwise of the standard and into the casing for actuatin the air pump. I

7. A marking device comprising a casing, a tubular standard connected with the'casing and extending upwardly therefrom, said casing forming a base for the standard and supporting the same thereon, a marking unit supported on the standard above the casing andadjustable on said standard for up and down movement relative thereto, a flexible wall air pump in the casing, a flexible tube extending from said air pump to the marking unit for directing air thereto and discharging marking material therefrom, and a plunger rod extending lengthwise through'the tubular standard into the casing and directly into bearing relation at one end with the flexible wall air pump for actuating said pump.

8. A marking device comprising a casing, a standard detachably connected with the casing and extending upwardly therefrom, a marking unit supported on the standard above the casing and adjustable on said standard for up and 5- down movement relative thereto, said casing forming a base for the standard and removably supporting the same thereon for removal of the standard from the casing for support of the marking unit in an inverted position beside the casing, an air pump in the casing, a flexible tube extending from saidair pump tothe marking unit for directing air thereto and discharging marking material therefrom, and means for actuating said air pump.

9. A marking unit comprising an elongated compartment having means extending longitudinally in a side wall thereof for discharging marking material therefrom, an elongated member in said compartment and extending lengthwise thereof, said member having discharge means in the compartment intermediate the ends thereof for discharging into said compartment, and air supply means connected with said elongated member.

10. In a marking device, the combination of a base, a platform carried by the base adapted to support a person thereon, said platform having a notch in the periphery thereof, a marking unit having a base portion received in said notch, and means supporting said marking unit for movement of the base portion radially into and out of said notch and for rotating the marking unit about the platform when the base portion is out of the notch.

ENRICO STANZIALE. 

